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The two-time Olympic and world champion feels her levels have gone a notch higher since joining the Kaptagat-based team in 2019
Two-time World and Olympic 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon has explained how working alongside renowned coach Patrick Sang and marathon great Eliud Kipchoge took her game to another level, enabling her to break the world record in Florence last week.
Kipyegon cemented her legacy as the greatest 1500m runner when she added the world record to her collection after storming to victory in 3:49.11 at the Florence Diamond League last Friday.
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With two Olympic gold medals and two senior world titles to her name, Kipyegon was already one of the greats of her sport, but the world record has elevated her into an exclusive class.
She is now one of only five athletes who have dominated at every level in their track and field specialism, an individual world champion at U18, U20, and senior level, and set a senior world record, joining Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt, Swedish-American pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis, Russian Yelena Isinbaeva and Frenchman Kevin Mayer.
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While she had already achieved greatness before joining Sang’s stable, she believes training alongside marathon runners, who include world record holder Kipchoge, contributed greatly to breaking Genzebe Dibaba’s world record of 3:50.37 set in 2015, having just fallen 0.3 seconds short in Monaco last year.
“Since I joined Patrick and Eliud Kipchoge, I have done really, really different training, because, with the marathoners there, we come along and train together and enjoy sports together. They are doing long runs and fartlek and track sessions,” Kipyegon told World Athletics.
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“That (falling short by 0.3) was really motivating me. I went back home knowing that everything was possible. I didn’t lose hope, I still worked hard, waking up every morning knowing that everything is possible, breaking the world record, defending my world title in Budapest, and that is what I have started, so I’m looking forward.
“I’m hoping for the best as well in Monaco. I’m going to run my race and focus myself towards the finish line.”
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Faith Kipyegon became the greatest all time in the women's 1500m event after obliterating Genzebe Diababa's record with a new World Record of 3:49.11.
Kipyegon joined Sang’s stable in 2019 and is the odd one out in a large training group focused on the marathoners. The challenge and the camaraderie she found in the camp seem to have rubbed off the right way with the longer training giving her new speed.
The 29-year-old will be in Paris on Friday when she will compete in the 5,000m to improve her speed as she bids to remain in top shape ahead of the World Championship in Budapest in August.
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